International and local conferences

International conferences

2000, Sept. 28-29, International Conference "Development of Environmentally Friendly Plant Protection in the Baltic Region" Tartu, Estonia. – 104 participants from seven countries.

2000, July 4-6, Tartu, Estonia. International conference “Conventional and ecological grassland management: comparative research and development”. Participants: 54 researchers from 8 countries (from aboard – 21). Organizing committee: H. Raave, A. Selge, R. Viiralt, H. Older (Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture).  Editors of Conference proceedings: R. Viiralt, R. Lillak.

2001, Jan. 24-25, International Workshop “Practice Oriented Results on the Use of Plant Extracts and Pheromones in Pest Control”, Tartu, Estonia. – 52 participants from nine countries

2005, March 1-5, International  workshop, MASTER project meeting „Integrated pest management strategies incorporating bio-control for European oilseed rape pests”, Pühajärve, Estonia. – 23 participants from seven countries.

2005, August 29-31, Tartu, Estonia. The 13th International Occasional Symposium of the European Grassland Federation (EGF) “Integrating efficient grassland farming and biodiversity”. Participants: 196 researchers from 31 countries (from abroad – 146). Presentations – oral 22 and posters 116. The responsible organizers: Assoc. Prof. Are Selge, Chairman of the Symposium Organizing Committee; Assoc. Prof. Rein Lillak, chairman of the Symposium Scientific Committee and principal editor of the conference Proceedings (146 peer-reviewed papers; 666 p.); Prof. Rein Viiralt, member of the Symposium Scientific Committee and co-editor of Proceedings: Rene Aavola (MSc, researcher, Jõgeva Plant Breeding Institute), General Secretary of the Symposium organizing Committee.

2005. 8-9 September.  International Scientific Conference in Tartu.  On the Occasion of 60 Years of Fruit Science at Polli, Estonia “ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FRUIT GROWING”. The Conference gathered 48 participants from 8 countries. 14 oral and 16 poster communications were presented during the Conference. 

2005. 25–28 (28), May. Tartu, Estonia. ESSC Conference: Soil conservation Issues in Nordic Countries. The Conference gathered 47 participants from 16 countries. 18 oral and 13 poster communications were presented during the Conference. The papers of the conference are published in the journal “Archives of Agronomy of Soil Science”, 52(2).

2005. 24-30 July. Tartu, Estonia. International seminar IOSDV Sommertagung. The Conference gathered 28 participants from different countries. The book of abstracts were published.

2006, Sept. 5-7, International Conference "Development of Environmentally Friendly Plant Protection", Pühajärve, Estonia. – 127 participants from ten countries.

 

Local conferences

2004, March 11, Tartu. Scientific conference “AGRONOMY 2004”. Participants: 194 researchers, agricultural producers, advisers and officials from Estonia. Responsible editor of conference Transactions (61 peer-reviewed papers, 189 p.) Assoc. Prof. Rein Lillak, co-editors Rein Viiralt, Volli Geherman and Astrid Linke.

2005, March 10. Tartu. Scientific conference “AGRONOMY 2005”. Participants: 242 researchers, agricultural producers, advisers and officials from Estonia. Responsible editor of conference Transactions (76 peer-reviewed papers, 236 p.) Assoc. Prof. Rein Lillak, co-editors Rein Viiralt, Volli  Geherman and Astrid Linke.